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My InterpretationOne of my favorite Breeders songs. I think it's about drug use, in general. Like with the first few lines, I remember using Bible pages to smoke weed in a bind. Then I think it sort of verges into heroin use, or something being injected. "You say you gotta burn to shine" is especially impactful, kind of suggesting that some people may feel like you need to use drugs to be "real" or recognized, especially in the music industry, or when induced into any kind of fame.

General CommentKim wrote this song about Kelley back when Kelley was allegedly using heroin. Kim was extremely worried.

"You're over the night we met"-when they were born as twins.
"Scared electricity"-Electricity is very powerful and scary. Kelley was actually a lot scarier during that time and Kim didn't know what to expect from her. like lightning.